When inflammation in the body goes unchecked, it can cause fibrosis, or tissue scarring that may lead to organ dysfunction or ...

SHANGHAI, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mabwell (688062.SH), an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company with entire industry chain, announced that its novel anti‑IL‑11 monoclonal antibody 9MW3811 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted orphan drug designation to Calluna Pharma‘s CAL101 as a potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This designation is ...

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) triggers a complex remodeling process. Disintegrin and metalloproteinase-17 (ADAM17) is a membrane-bound proteinase with a broad range of substrates. Increased ...

In a surprising blow for the multi-billion-dollar skincare industry, a new study has found that common, inexpensive moisturizers are significantly more effective at treating scars than heavily ...

Scientists have mapped the diversity of fibroblasts and discovered how ‘rogue’ fibroblasts drive multiple diseases, revealing drug targets that could transform treatments across the body. Researchers ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

Creeping fat — the abnormal expansion of mesenteric adipose tissue around the intestines — is an active driver of intestinal scarring in Crohn’s disease (CD), highlighting a potential new therapeutic ...

Fat—adipose tissue—is more complicated than might be thought. Once considered just a bag of calories, scientists now know that fat doesn’t just squirrel away energy, it also sends and receives ...

Jen Davis (left) and Bella Reichardt (right) conducting research in a lab for genetic engineering of heart fibroblasts.at the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration Medicine. Fibroblasts ...

Keloids and hypertrophic scars are fibro-proliferative skin disorders that arise from aberrant wound healing and are characterized by excessive collagen deposition and chronic inflammation. Although ...

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